ID: 901001731 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001731	Record Type: Event/Narrative

	Battle of Otumba (Mexican-Spanish history, 1520)

Note: Battle immediately following the Night of Sorrows. In contrast to the previous battle lost by Spanish troops, at Otumba the Aztecs suffered significant losses.

Display Date: 07 July 1520

Names:

	Battle of Otumba (Mexican-Spanish history, 1520) (preferred,English-P,D,P)
	Batalla de Otumba (Mexican-Spanish history, 1520) (Spanish-P,D,P)

Hierarchical Position:

		Named Events (P)
		....<North and South American history> (P)
		........Mexican history (P)
		............Spanish Conquest of Mexico (Mexican-Spanish history, 1519-1521) (P)
		................Battle of Otumba (Mexican-Spanish history, 1520) (P)

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... battle
	.....(armed conflicts, events (activities), Events (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	participant was .... España
	.....(Europe) (TGN)

	located in .... Otumba
	.....(México state, Mexico, North and Central America) (TGN)

	actor is .... unknown Aztec (Aztec cultural designation)
	.....(Unknown People by Culture) (ULAN)

Sources:

	Battle of Otumba (Mexican-Spanish history, 1520)
	................Díaz, True History of the Conquest of New Spain (2012) 327
	................Clendinnen, Cost of Courage in Aztec Society (2010) 77
	................Hassig, Mexico and the Spanish Conquest, 2nd ed. (2006) 119
	Batalla de Otumba (Mexican-Spanish history, 1520)
	................López, Conquista de México (2017) 216
	................Saavedra, Peregrino indiano (2008) 267

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Díaz, True History of the Conquest of New Spain (2012) 327
	................ Library of Congress (2016-) http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/exploring-the-early-americas/conquest-of-mexico-paintings.html#obj5
	................ López, Conquista de México (2017) 216-217